Baton Rouge folk and Americana band Brother’s Bear. Photos by Jen Menard / Courtesy Brother's Bear

Check out Brother’s Bear performing at Mid City Ballroom Dec. 15

Benjamin Leger

December 13, 2018

This mult-instrumentalist quartet started in 2015 when local singers and guitarists James McCann and Joshua Brumley joined forces as a two-piece band. In late 2016, cellist Guillermo Quiros and upright bassist Nelson Williams hopped on board to complete the folk/bluegrass sound of Brother’s Bear.

The band members compare their sound and tight harmonies to the Avett Brothers, the Lumineers and Gillian Welch. With their 2015 album Say and their newest just released this year, Walking Each Other Home, they’ve already established themselves on the Baton Rouge scene.

Saturday night, Dec. 15, Brother’s Bear takes the stage to showcase those folk talents at Mid City Ballroom. The doors open at 8:30 p.m., and tickets are $8 online and $10 at the door. Find out more about the show here.

Check out one of the band’s performances earlier this year below:

By Benjamin Leger

Benjamin Leger previously served as managing editor for 225 and was the editor of its Taste section from 2012 to 2021, editing, writing and steering the direction of its food coverage in print and online. He is passionate about all things food and food journalism, and has written about the greater Baton Rouge area’s cuisine and culture for nearly two decades.